What happened
On December 14, 2011, at 19:20 EST, a Cessna 177A, registration C-FEFQ, collided with terrain approximately 2 nautical miles west of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (CYOW) in Ottawa, Canada.
The aircraft was operating under instrument flight rules on a flight plan from Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW) in Pennsylvania, originally destined for Ottawa/Carp Airport (CYRP), before diverting to CYOW. At the time of the accident, the flight was cleared for an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 7.
Weather conditions at the time of the impact were instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) at night, with a visibility of 1.5 statute miles and winds from 090 degrees at 11 knots. The crash resulted in 2 fatal injuries for the pilot and passenger.